The 41st episode of Consilience is out! You can download the mp3 here (32mb) and the
file’s page on Archive.org is here.

Teaching Angela to Appreciate History

Edward Jenner died on Jan 26, 1823. He was an English scientist and pioneered the development of the smallpox vaccine.

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We geek out about the medical tricorder X-Prize. A challenge to make a hand-held device for automatically diagnosing common diseases. Scanadu is Owen’s favorite contender. Angela mentions the LifeLens malaria detecting smartphone.